Luka Fundis
★★★★★
This retreat was an absolute game-changer for me. I left feeling renewed, light and deeply grateful.
April 17–25, 2027 · West Bali · Limited spots
The Gaia Bali New Earth Immersion
A nine-day initiation into a more loving and connected world paradigm
Connect deeply with your body, heart, others, nature, and Source — to reclaim your vitality, primal wisdom, and inner clarity, remember your purpose, and find the courage and support of your New Earth tribe to fully live it.
9Days / 8 Nights
5Methods
2Sacred locations, West Bali
20Souls in the Circle
01 · Trust what you can feel
02 · Give your voice space
03 · Let yourself be met
04 · Remember how to play
05 · Let nature in
06 · Create one rhythm
07 · Meet all parts of yourself
08 · Move what is alive
09 · Enter the circle
10 · Find your people
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Our Main Reasons for This Experience?
Prepare yourself for a journey full of adventure, inspiration, aliveness and renewal.
The life around you has become too small for what is awakening within you?
The authenticity you have learned to tame, the truth you keep swallowing, the dreams you keep postponing.
But what becomes possible when you bring more of yourself?Gaia Bali Immersion · A glimpse of the experience
You already carry the spark.
Come meet the fire.
In our field, you are invited to turn toward those places because Gaia Bali grew from that very recognition.
Through years of uncertainty and challenge, we shaped our vision into a community, a movement and a method. And this Immersion opens that living field for you. Held in the sacred energy of Mama Bali, you enter a safe and intentional space where you can soften, let go and feel fully. Beyond the roles, patterns and expectations that shape your everyday life.
With professional embodied guidance, somatic practices, Yoga and breathwork, powerful music, ritual, nature and a conscious tribe beside you, you are supported to meet yourself deeply and honestly. To listen to your body. Open your heart. Trust your inner knowing. Express what is alive. And reconnect with the parts of yourself that may have been buried, forgotten or waiting to be lived.
Throughout the immersion, you begin to remember what truly matters to you and how you want to live. With more presence, courage, connection and trust. You leave with more than inspiration. You carry the experience into your relationships, your choices, your work — supported by a tribe that continues to walk beside you as you birth the life you are here to live.
★★★★★Real voices from Gaia Bali
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Annisa Levandra
★★★★★
One of the most meaningful experiences of my life. Gaia Bali was truly something special, beautifully curated, authentic and filled with intention and heart.
Azarif Wolf
★★★★★
The experience was powerful, transformative and something I will carry with me for the rest of my life.
Amelie Luise
★★★★★
This Immersion was life changing. I could be myself; I felt safe, held and seen.
Elke Schmid
★★★★★
The Gaia Bali Retreat was an unforgettable experience. I returned home with an open heart and deep gratitude.
Christian C. Schulz
★★★★★
The retreat gave us so much, had a profound impact on us and became a significant part of our journey.
Matthias Müller
★★★★★
The retreat with a fantastic group had a lasting impact on me, and I still benefit enormously from the insights I gained there.
Carlos Sz
★★★★★
A true love experience. You will feel safe, energized, relaxed and full of love, surrounded by the beauty of people and nature.
Is This Initiation for You?
Do you feel that something in your life is ready to shift — even if you can’t fully name it yet?
This initiation may be for you if…
- You feel disconnected from yourself, your body, your emotions, or your sense of aliveness — and want to find your way back.
- You know that old patterns, fears, wounds, or addictions are holding you back and you are ready to move beyond them.
- You feel uncertain about your next step and are searching for greater clarity, meaning, and direction in your life.
- You sense that another way of living is possible — more conscious, connected, courageous, and true to who you are.
- You carry a gift, vision, or part of yourself that wants to be expressed and contribute to something larger.
- You long for people who share this calling — a tribe with whom you can grow, create, and bring the life and future you believe in closer to reality.
This initiation is not for you if…
- You primarily want a luxury holiday with optional wellness
- You expect someone else to provide answers or promise transformation
- You want forced catharsis, constant intensity or a spiritual high
- You cannot currently respect consent, confidentiality and others' boundaries
If you are unsure, tell us openly in your application. We explore fit together on the clarity call.
01 · Receive and soften
02 · Let yourself be seen
03 · Be held in connection
04 · Meet without words
05 · Stay with each other
06 · Move what is alive
07 · Arrive in the breath
08 · Remember your joy
09 · Carry love into life
10 · Belong to the wholeSwipe or use the arrows to follow the journey
A Message from Raphael & LisaThis is more than an immersion to us.
This is more than an immersion to us.
It is the future we profoundly believe in.
We want to share why Gaia Bali came into being, what has shaped this journey, and the kind of world we hope to create together with you.
Still have questions? Connect with us and ask us anything.
Book a Clarity Call ↗
What's Included?
01
The Practices & Rituals
- The complete experience of the Gaia Method and its integration
- Daily guided physical movement, all energetic and somatic practices, and shared inquiry
- Styles of breathwork: yogic Pranayama, Dynamic Breathwork, Trauma-Informed Breathwork, Conscious Connected Breathwork and Sonic Neural Breath
- Multistyle Yoga: Hatha, Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Yin, Kundalini and Hatha-Tantra Yoga
- Balinese purification ceremony, fire ritual and cacao ceremony
- Variations of meditation, voice work and transformational and relational inner work
02
The Places
- 9 days / 8 nights across two locations in West Bali
- Shared-room accommodation for the full immersion (single-room options available — see below)
- All transfers between the two locations during the whole journey
- Two nature excursions to epic, secret natural oases
03
The Nourishment
- Three organic meals each day (vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options available — please request)
- Water, teas, fresh drinks and coffee throughout the immersion
- Time and space to eat, rest and connect without rushing
04
The Return
- Gaia Bali Field Guide and guided integration audios
- Your personal 30-day Living Commitment
- Post-immersion online integration call
- Access to the Gaia Bali alumni community
Not Included
Flights to and from Bali (Denpasar — Ngurah Rai International Airport), travel insurance and personal treatments outside the facilitated program.
Voices from the Immersion
What our participants say
Authentic experiences from people who have walked their journey with us.
Unexpected depth · A lighter return
Melissa did not expect how deep the immersion would go or how powerfully it would touch her heart, mind and soul. She returned feeling lighter, happier and closer to the best version of herself.
Melissa · Gaia Bali Immersion
Walls fell · Connection became real
Azarif felt the practices break down walls between people. He found a depth of connection that usually takes years, and left with the clarity of a fresh start.
Azarif · Gaia Bali Immersion
Beauty · Calm · So much love
Carlos was struck by how beautiful the entire experience felt. He found calm, flow, movement and the love he had been looking for, leaving restored and full of energy.
Carlos · Gaia Bali Immersion
Practice becomes presence
Why Do It With Us?
The Gaia Method
Regulate · Embody · Open · Connect · Contribute
The method we created guides you through five movements: movement of the physis, movement of energy, moving into cellular restructuring, moving into conscious relating, and the potency of centering in ritual. Your devotion to these will demand everything from you to bring forth a whole new you.
01
Regulate
Create enough inner safety and space to become present with your body, the group and what is actually here.
02
Embody
Listen through sensation, emotion, needs and boundaries, allowing the intelligence of your body to become part of how you live.
03
Open
Meet what has been guarded with compassion and courage, making room for more truth, feeling, creativity and aliveness.
04
Connect
Meet others without performance. Practice honest communication, deep listening, boundaries, repair and belonging.
05
Contribute
Listen for what wants to move through you and carry your connection into how you love, create, serve and participate in the world.
The Nine-Day Arc
A journey with a clear arc and room to breathe.
Each day prepares the ground for the next, moving along the five movements as our baseline. You will be moving from inner knowing towards shared contribution and lots of happiness.
Day 1Regulate
Arrival & Crossing the Threshold
Arrive on the land, enter the circle and connect with your intentions for this journey.
We are stepping in…
Day 2Regulate
Creating the Groundwork
Establish the presence and mutual care, the trust in your body to allow connection to grow.
We begin to see ourselves and one another with curiosity and more clarity. Give your becoming a beginning.
We are perceiving the field…
Day 3Embody
Listening into the Body
Meet the inner parts of yourself held in shadow, the wisdom of your needs and the intelligence beneath thought. Stand before the flames and make your offering to the holy fire.
We are envisioning our higher nature…
Day 4Embody
Meeting What You Carry
Meet shells of protection, encounter deeper emotions, soft & strong, unleash your voice and express freely through breath, chants and reflection. Your voice belongs in the world.
We are speaking up from places within…
Day 5Open
Opening To The Pleasures Of Life
Ceremonial cacao medicine meets music and our hands will join one another. Compassion and languages of love will be spoken, inviting your aliveness to move into further realms.
We are expanding our biggest human force: heart coherence
Day 6Connect
Understanding Authentic Relationship
A witnessing circle allows for the experience of active listening, wording boundaries, triggers and repair in relating to one another. Our rebirth ceremony reveals a bold new you.
We are feeding our courage to rise from our centre…
Day 7Connect
Remembering We Belong
Your recalibrated commitment takes real form and we reconnect with Mother Gaia, our senses, community and adventure in hidden nature oases and the larger web of life.
We are drawing from our lust for life…
Day 8Contribute
What Wants to Move Through You
Get concrete and brave. Name the gifts and responsibilities asking for a place in your life to build accountability to root down your collected wisdom from 9 days.
We are landing on fertile grounds…
Day 9Contribute
Carrying It Home
Turn your marvelous intention into holy and living commitments and firm first steps. What will you do with the life you are reclaiming?
We are flooded with potential & gratitude…
01 · Be carried by sound
02 · Breathe yourself awake
03 · Listen through the body
04 · Gather by the fire
05 · Share your voice
06 · Let nature restore you
07 · Make care visible
08 · Pause for the sacred
09 · Rest and receive
10 · Return to stillness
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Your Immersion Guides
Here for You, from the heart
Our lives, too, were once bound by noise and false models.
Then we chose another path. One of expansion, liberation, integral bodywork and intentional community to find soul-shaking remembrance.
Together we have years of experience in guiding groups, specializing in our complementary teachings. Life-giving energetics, yogic movement and bodywork are our common ground.
Meet Your GuideRaphael, Gaia Bali
Meet Raphael
Hatha Ashtanga Kundalini Yoga · Breathwork Facilitator
Transformational Guide · Trauma-Informed Bodywork · Founder of Gaia Bali
Raphael Mathes brings a presence of life force energy, emotional sensitivity and explorational eagerness. His gifts in the field are many shifted masculine dynamics, breath alchemy and a field of adventurous resonance. He is a deeply creative visionary, nature’s explorer and integrated somatic guide. The forces he moves are dedicated to the larger web of life: serving the universal consciousness.
Meet Your GuideLisa, Gaia Bali
Meet Lisa
Sound Healer · Vinyasa Tantra Yin Yoga · Embodiment Teacher
Feminine Spirituality Guide · Somatic Subconscious Coach · Co-Facilitator of Gaia Bali
Lisa Mathes brings her mentoring, which holds receptivity and boundaries, surrender and grounded depth. Specialized in women’s work and relational coaching, she serves the field embodying the creational feminine, a sharp clarity and mystical knowledge. Her prayer is to shift paradigms into a culture of love.
Together they create a field where yin and yang truly dance, where you are held in love and will quickly sense the one invitation: to be reborn into wholeness, with every cell of your being.
They are not just inviting you to Bali; they furthermore welcome you into their chosen home and village life, where a New Earth Tribe is emerging in this very moment. Where their artistry found fertile ground to welcome soul family.
Meet the people who will hold and guide your journey.
Connect with Your Guides ↗
The 2026 Gaia Bali Immersion
Why West Bali Is the Sweet Spot
Exploring Bali where no tourist ever travels...
You begin your journey with six nights surrounded by jungle, a river and rice terraces, embedded in the greenery. You then move with your tribe to the ocean for the final two nights — by volcanic-sand beaches, turquoise ocean waters and spaciousness under the starry sky. The dance of both accommodations will give you space to go really deep, open up and prepare to return.
Location 1Kus-Farm Eco Resort · 6 nights
Arrive · Ground · Open
Kus-Farm Eco Resort
Surrounded by tropical forest, flowing water and nourishing food from local farms, you have space to slow down, arrive in your body and reconnect with a deeper sense of trust.
Location 2Desa Cabins · 2 nights
Belong · Contribute · Return
Desa Cabins
Beside the quiet beaches of West Bali and close to the Gaia Bali land, your journey opens outward — into belonging, shared vision and the life you are ready to carry home.
Morning grounding
Embodied exploration
Ceremony & natureVoice & evening connection
Your Investment
The intention of your commitment sets the tone for an initiation of a lifetime.
Includes the full 9-day Gaia Bali Immersion experience — including accommodation, all meals, and the complete program. Everything is taken care of during your stay.
Current Offer
Early Bird Rate
Early Bird Rate
€1,899
Available for places confirmed by November 30, 2026
Save €400when you book by November 30
Regular Rate
€2,299
For places confirmed from December 1, 2026
Flexible Payment Plans Available
We believe that transformation should be accessible. That’s why we offer a variety of flexible installment options to suit your individual situation — either directly through PayPal or by reaching out to us for a free discovery call. Together, we’ll find a payment plan that feels right for you.
Save Your Spot ↗Euros, per person, including eight nights. Private-room upgrades are subject to availability. Pay in full or arrange installments after acceptance. A €500 deposit confirms your place and counts toward the total.
Your participation reaches beyond these nine days
Part of what you give is returned to the land and community that hold us.
Five percent of Gaia Bali's earnings flows directly into land regeneration in West Bali, support for local families and scholarship places for people who could not otherwise join. Before bookings open, we will share the recipients by name, and each year we will report transparently where the contribution has gone. In this way, your journey becomes part of something larger: care that continues long after the immersion ends.
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Preparation begins
If you feel the call, this is your next step.
Are You Ready for the Journey?
Your application is the beginning. A chance for us to get to know you, hear what is calling you to Gaia Bali, and explore together whether this Immersion is the right journey for you.
If it feels aligned on both sides, we’ll invite you to a personal clarity call before you make any financial commitment.
Because healing our world begins with ending the separation within ourselves.
West Bali · April 17–25, 2027 · 9 days / 8 nights · Limited places
Application → Personal clarity call → Mutual fit → €500 deposit
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Before You Decide
Everything you may want to know before saying yes to your journey.
Do I need a visa for Bali?+
Visa requirements depend on your passport and can change. Many nationalities are eligible for Indonesia’s 30-day Visa on Arrival for IDR 500,000, available at the airport and extendable once. Please confirm your own eligibility before booking, ensure your passport meets the validity requirements and check whether proof of onward travel is required. Bali also charges many international visitors a separate IDR 150,000 tourist levy. Check the official Indonesian immigration portal and Love Bali before travelling.
When should I arrive?+
Your arrival window is throughout the starting day, April 17, at our first Immersion location. We can help organise an airport transfer if requested in advance. Many participants travel alone; you are welcome to contact us if you would like to connect with others who may wish to share the journey.
What is the cancellation and refund policy?+
You may cancel up to 30 days before the Immersion. Instead of a cash refund, payments made are issued as a credit voucher toward a future Gaia Bali retreat. Emergencies are considered individually and compassionately. You will receive the complete booking, organiser-cancellation and transfer terms before paying your deposit, and we strongly recommend comprehensive travel insurance.
Can I pay in installments?+
Yes. Payment plans are generally available. The full Immersion fee must be paid before the Immersion begins. Please reach out to us — we will explain the available options transparently and work with you to find a suitable arrangement.
Are there any health considerations?+
Please tell us in your application and clarity call about medication, pregnancy, physical limitations or emotional and mental-health concerns that may affect participation. Practices can often be adapted or skipped, and pregnant participants may need to opt out of breathwork or other sessions. The Immersion does not provide medical, psychiatric or acute therapeutic care; the application helps us assess together whether the experience can support you safely.
What should I pack?+
You will receive a detailed packing list around four weeks before the Immersion. Most practice equipment and essential items are provided on site, and many everyday things can be found locally in Bali.
What room options are available?+
The standard Immersion price includes a gender-specific shared room. Private rooms may be available for an additional €350–€450, depending on the location and availability. Please tell us your preference during the application process.
Is the Immersion guaranteed to take place?+
We are committed to running the Immersion with two lead facilitators and qualified additional teachers available for support. Please wait for written confirmation before booking non-refundable travel. Any exceptional organiser cancellation or force-majeure situation is governed by the booking terms you receive before paying your deposit.
Is there a free clarity call?+
Yes. If your application suggests a potential fit, we invite you to a free personal clarity call. It is a space to meet us, ask questions, share concerns and explore whether the Immersion aligns with your intentions and current life stage.
I am interested, but not very “spiritual.” Is this still for me?+
Yes. Use the language that feels true to you. The Immersion includes ritual and speaks of Source, while the practice begins with direct experience: breath, body, emotion, relationship, nature and honest reflection.
What if strong emotions arise?+
Strong feelings can be part of immersive work. The work prioritises choice and pacing: you may pause, step back or sit out a practice. Raphael and Lisa support integration, and you decide how much you wish to disclose.
Will what I experience last when I return home?+
No retreat can guarantee lasting change. That is why the return is built into this one: integration practices, your 30-day Living Commitment, a post-Immersion call and the alumni community help you continue in everyday life. What you practise afterward remains yours to choose.
Why nine days rather than a long weekend?+
Nine days create time to arrive without rushing, build genuine trust, move through the five movements and integrate before returning home. The journey can unfold across both landscapes without filling every hour.
What We Are Here to Create
When your spark meets the sparks of others, together they can kindle a collective fire for change.
We begin with body, breath and what is ready to be revealed. Then the circle widens: into relationship, the living earth, Source and the gifts asking to move through you.
Everyone arrives carrying a different story and vision. Held in presence, courage and care, those differences become fertile ground. Ideas meet the people who can nourish them. Visions become seeds of new possibility.
What we practise together becomes the culture we carry into the world.
We hold the place, the practices, the rhythm and the care. You bring your truth, creativity and willingness. The field grows through all of us — and your vision is part of what we are here to create.
What the Days Feel Like
A clear rhythm, with room for what cannot be rushed.
Mornings begin quietly and evenings return to silence. Between them, practice, rest, nature and relationship create a rhythm your body can trust.
Morning Grounding
Silence and tea, followed by breathwork, yoga or embodied practice, then breakfast and spacious time.
Shared Exploration
Guided inquiry and experiential practice connected to the movement and theme of the day.
Rest & Integration
Lunch, rest, journaling and unstructured time for what has moved to find somewhere to land.
Nature & Relationship
Nature, bodywork, excursions or relational practice — depending on the day and where we are in the arc.
Evening Connection
Dinner followed by circle, ceremony, music or integration, before returning to silence for the night.
The rhythm shifts on ceremony, excursion and transition days.
HOW YOU ARE HELD
A space where you can go deep — while always staying connected to your own choice.
You can come exactly as you are
You do not need to perform, impress or become a certain version of yourself. You are welcome with everything that is present.
Your boundaries are always yours
You are free to pause, adapt or say no at any time. Listening to yourself and communicating what you need is part of the journey.
Nothing needs to be forced
You never have to share, relive an experience or create a breakthrough. Whatever arises is met with presence, care, rest and space to integrate.
Your truth has room here
You are invited to explore ritual, nature, spirituality and Source in a way that feels authentic to you. Different beliefs and experiences are respected.
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We hold the space together
Raphael and Lisa bring the guidance, structure and care. You bring honesty, responsibility and respect for the people around you.
The Immersion is a space for personal growth and transformation, not medical or psychiatric treatment. Our application and clarity call help us make sure this journey is a supportive fit for you.
Integration
The return is part of the journey.
What opens here is given a bridge into the life you return to.
Begin with clarity
- Short personal application
- Clarity call before acceptance
- Practical onboarding once your place is confirmed
Give experience somewhere to land
- Gaia Bali Field Guide with the five movements
- Daily reflection questions and regulation practices
- Your personal 30-day Living Commitment
Continue in real life
- Guided integration audios and practices
- Post-Immersion online integration call
- Access to the Gaia Bali alumni community
Day 9 · The return
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